While sleeping on a ceramic pillow may seem a challenge to those accustomed to softer support, the advantage in preserving an elaborate coiffure such as those worn by women in Edo Japan will be quickly appreciated. This drum-shaped pillow is decorated with white cherry blossoms in reserve against a red ground. Dense pattern, saturated overglaze color, and a blue-gray tinge to the white of the porcelain body are the marks of the Imari style.